Zuda ends its monthly competitions

Zuda Comics has announced an end to its hallmark monthly webcomic competitions.

DC's digital imprint revealed that it would be exploring new ways to promote webcomics in a post on its blog The Collective.

"Those of you familiar with the history of the competition know that we've had our ups and downs," wrote editorial director Ron Perazza.

"While I don't think anyone can argue with the quality of previous competition winners like High Moon, Supertron and others, I'd be remiss if I didn't acknowledge that there were clearly great series that, for one reason or another, didn't win.

"The format absolutely has merits; engaging the community and giving them real decision making power, giving creators a level of exposure that they might not have otherwise had and encouraging an ongoing dialog about storytelling, quality and what makes good comics.

"However it's also had its shortcomings; accusations of cheating, confusion about the process, spamming in the the name of promotion and argumentative, dismissive or even aggressive behavior."

Perazza promised that Zuda will be making changes to its website and submissions process over the next few weeks.